Blizzard Entertainment is completely overhauling its classic real-time strategy game Warcraft 3.
Warcraft 3: Reforged is currently in development for the PC, and is a full-fledged remake of the much-loved fantasy title, including its expansion, The Frozen Throne. In addition spruced up visuals, Warcraft 3 will benefit from overhauled social and matchmaking features via Blizzard Battle.net.
To help retell the story, Blizzard is offering of four hours of updated in-game cutscenes, as well as re-recording numerous dialogue to ‘breathe new life into the earliest renditions of key characters like Sylvanas Windrunner and Arthas Menethil.’
‘Warcraft III is monumentally important to us here at Blizzard, and its influence is evident in everything we’ve done since,’ commented Blizzard Entertainment boss, J. Allen Brack. ‘A project like Warcraft III: Reforged isn’t something we undertake lightly, partly because of this legacy, but more importantly, because we know what it means to our players.’
Warcraft 3: Reforged is due for release in 2019, and can be pre-ordered today for £24.99. There’s also a Spoils of War Edition for £34.99, which adds a bunch of in-game content including unique skins for four heroes, plus extra goodies for existing Blizzard titles such as Hearthstone.
